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Stephen Wilhite, inventor of the gif, 1948-2022 | Financial Times
The computer scientist behind a file format that changed how the world reacts, ridicules and bonds online
✒ “It’s pronounced ‘jif’ not ‘gif’,” Stephen Wilhite said.